Charcoal HQ

Undo

00:14

@hichris123 For SO.

hichris123

@Undo Most of those are probably gone...

Undo

Probably.

hichris123

I even found this one: data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157298

Undo

@hichris123 I can't make it right now, but the basic flow for the cronjob-autodimisser thingy should look like this:

- Take the first 100 comments using the same query used to populate the main page

- Query the API with those IDs

- Mark all the flags as valid where the comment id doesn't appear in the list.

hichris123

@Undo The thing I found is though that I'm not sure how to find one's that aren't there, like this query which had a deleted comment: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/12933505#12933505

Undo

00:28

@hichris123 Just add all the comment IDs you fed into the API to an array, loop through the returned comments and remove their ID's from the array. Bam, you have an array of ID's that should be marked valid.

hichris123

Ah... very smart!

Undo

;)

hichris123

Me needs to getz rep on SO.

Undo

I got up to 3k so I could help in the CV queue, everything else has pretty much been drifting.

hichris123

Yeah, I want to get to 3K for the same reason.

hichris123

05:14

@ThiefMaster Do we keep around "why the down vote" comments or are those flaggable?

ThiefMaster

12:24

usually flaggable

Undo

17:03

@ThiefMaster When are they not?

hichris123

I'm going to put a SEDE query together to see how many there are @Undo.

Undo

@hichris123 There have to be a whole bunch.

hichris123

@Undo data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157437

Undo

1070

hichris123

Let's try length < 50

1139

Undo

17:12

data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157442

1723

hichris123

This one too:

data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157440

172.

We now know what @ThiefMaster is going to be going today!

Undo

Hehe

We should really find another SO mod to bug, give TM a break.

hichris123

Animuson?

Undo

They can do a 2-days on, 2-days off thing :P

@hichris123 If we can find him.

hichris123

Ping him in the Tavern.

Undo

17:15

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Overflow Chat, 11 secs ago, by Undo the Snowman

pssst. @animuson. Wanna head off about 1,000 comment flags?

hichris123

One more: data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157446

Undo

We need some kind of a master list of these things.

hichris123

Google doc?

Undo

Sure. I'll go make it.

hichris123

Gimme a link when you do.

Undo

17:19

@hichris123 docs.google.com/document/d/…

Add yourself to the access list.

hichris123

@Undo How?

Undo

@hichris123 Click the blue button in the corner marked share.

And invite yourself

hichris123

Just did it.

Undo

There, it's private now.

hichris123

Me no see any animuson...

Undo

17:23

animuson not here ;(

hichris123

What other mod?

Undo

He's probably playing video games, and neglecting his queue.

Hmm.

There aren't any others in the Tavern.

hichris123

Bad mod alert.

Undo

And we don't want to bug CMs.

@hichris123 What where?!?

hichris123

Animuson neglecting his queue.

Undo

17:24

Oh, animuson. That's a given.

We could just tell him that if he starts slacking off we'll flag more stuff :P

hichris123

Pops?

Undo

He's a CM

hichris123

Oh...

Undo

CMs are busy ;(

hichris123

I'll be back in a bit.

Undo

17:26

cya

hichris123

17:37

Hi again.

Undo

Hi

hichris123

No mod. :(

Undo

:(

@hichris123 We must watch the Tavern and net the next one that steps in.

hichris123

@Undo Animuson isn't in the Tavern right now...

Undo

Yes. But when he (or another one) joins, we must drag them in here.

hichris123

17:40

Make a script.

Undo

grabmod.user.js

hichris123

:P

Undo

SE should give us the power to delete comments.

hichris123

Run to be a mod.

Undo

That would only be on one site.

But it would help.

(problem is, no person who has seen me on sites would ever vote for me :P)

hichris123

17:43

You're calling me insane? :P

ThiefMaster

> Going to delete 1895 comments. This will take at least 7.9 minutes

(also included the other search term)

hichris123

@ThiefMaster Yay!

Undo

8 minutes of comment-deleting mayhem.

Sounds like a new movie.

ThiefMaster

@Undo I usually keep them if they are very recent. Because it is helpful to know why someone downvoted a perfectly fine answer. Although those comments are rarely replied to..

Undo

Ah

The problem with me being a mod is I really really want to be a mod. Which... is a bad thing.

hichris123

17:48

How so?

Undo

Well... those that want power are the least suited for it, etc.

hichris123

Meh, I don't think so.

Undo

several others that I really respect do (including a CM), so I figure it's best to wait.

hichris123

It just seems like if you don't want to help mod your community, you aren't really fit for the job...

I don't know.

Undo

The problem is that there's a difference between wanting a diamond and really wanting a diamond.

(or that's how I understand it)

hichris123

17:55

I want a diamond too someday, but I'm not ready for it now, I know.

Undo

You're a whole lot more ready for it than I am.

hichris123

I'd doubt that.

I've only been around 1/2 the time you have.

Undo

(suggestion: go find yourself an Area 51 proposal you're interested in, and participate like crazy in it. See what happens)

@hichris123 Meh, it's attitude that counts.

hichris123

@Undo Good idea.

I don't see how your attitude is bad or anything, though...

Undo

I once committed to an A51 site just to try to get a diamond. That should say something.

(I now love the site, though)

hichris123

17:58

SE?

Undo

@hichris123 Yeah, area51.stackexchange.com

A51 is the staging ground for new sites, you commit to them then they go to beta.

hichris123

@Undo I'm committed to that Arduino one. We'll see how it turns out.

Undo

;)

hichris123

It's failed in the past, though.

Undo

Twice, methinks.

hichris123

18:00

Or more.

I want it to stay around, I'm actually interested in it.

Undo

That's exactly the attitude you need to have.

hichris123

I'm just one person, though. I can't build a community...

Undo

You'd be surprised - at Space I think I could point out a group of about four that we really really need.

hichris123

Hmm...

I'm thinking more question wise, though.

Undo

Yes.

hichris123

18:04

Here's the proposal, BTW: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/58150/arduino

Undo

yup

I don't have an Arduino, though.

hichris123

Meh, you could always spam the site.

Undo

(my grandparents are going to be so confused when I ask for a circuit board and a little USB thingy with an LED on the end of it :P)

hichris123

:P

That's what parents/grandparents are for, right?

Undo

I suppose...

hichris123

18:09

You're so happy you're not where I live.

We may hit -20 next week.

Undo

Ouch

shivers

hichris123

And a foot of snow.

Undo

Eeeeek

hichris123

Or more.

Undo

Good luck :P

hichris123

18:10

There's probably 2-4 inches on the ground right now. :P

Undo

;(

hichris123

Do you even get snow?

Undo

Some

No more than about a foot each year.

hichris123

I'd have to look how much we get a year.

26.2 inches on average

Undo

Wow

hichris123

18:20

@Undo

here is the MainActivity — user1955305 10 mins ago

Me no see no new code. :(

Undo

Give it another ten minutes.

hichris123

@Undo data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157454

Undo

@hichris123 Hehe

There's some pretty good ones in there.

hichris123

18:37

Yep.

Undo

@hichris123 You got your main activity code in that one question.

(and I flagged the comments as obsolete ;))

hichris123

Thanks.

:P

hichris123

22:51

@ThiefMaster I have another 400-ish for you.

Okay, make that 1500+.

ThiefMaster

link?

hichris123

data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157555

And data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/edit/157551

@ThiefMaster

Do you have a stat of how many comments you've deleted, total?

ThiefMaster

around 10k since i started with the bulk deletions

and some months ago i deleted 500-ish whathaveyoutried.com comments

hichris123

Hmm...

How is that in comparison to the other mods?

ThiefMaster

wth, data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/157565 why is there not a single thank you .. comment in that resultset?

weird, it's included in the CSV just fine

hichris123

23:02

Huh.

I really wish Undo and I could delete comments.

Then we wouldn't have to ping you all of the time...

ThiefMaster

not gonna happen ;) unless, of course, you manage to get elected. but i guess at that point there won't be any obsolete comments anymore

hichris123

@ThiefMaster I'm kind of doubting I would get elected as mod.

ThiefMaster

i never said you would ;)

hichris123

:P

I would love it, but it takes me getting 1.5K more rep, and winning the trust of the community.

Maybe wait billions of years.

Undo

23:50

If we wait that long, there would be... other problems :P

hichris123

@Undo Like what?

Us being dead?

Undo

Like... us being dead?

Exactly.

hichris123

Nah, I'll just invent an immorality pill.

Undo

@hichris123 Send me a free copy. No trial version, though, please :P

hichris123

@Undo That's probably going to end up being something that accidentally kills you. :P

Undo

23:54

Exactly. Which is why I don't want the beta :P

hichris123

Sorry.

I don't want to kill you.

But if I do...

Undo

adds, 'don't take pills from strangers' to do-not notebook

hichris123

:P

Should I make it a shot?

Undo

adds 'do not open boxes from hichris' to list

or envelopes

hichris123

Hmm...

Undo

23:57

(in related news, no swagz yet)

hichris123

A postcard?

@Undo Then he lied (by the UTC day, that is)

Undo

@hichris123 Very low threat. How do you attach a syringe to a postcard without it looking kinda suspicious?

hichris123

You have a point there.

Undo

@hichris123 Wait, UTC day not over yet. 30 seconds.

hichris123

@Undo Whatever. So close.

Undo

23:59

Now it is.

hichris123

UTC Time 23:59

Undo

I was kinda hoping he was saving it for like 24:59:59 UTC or something

@hichris123 My clock! It is incorrect!

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